THIS WEEKENDDartmouth will head back to
Providence for the second time this season on Friday night before making the
trip south down I-95 to New Haven for a meeting with Yale at Ingalls Rink. Both
games are 7 p.m. match-ups.

BACK TO THE GRINDAfter a one-game weekend with travel partner, Harvard, last Saturday night in
Hanover, the Big Green will return to the usual Friday and Saturday night
meetings for three straight weeks before another meeting with the Crimson on Saturday,
Feb. 9 in Cambridge.

LAST TIME OUTFalling behind early, the Green fought back in the second period to take the
lead, only to need another goal late in the third to dispatch Harvard in a
seesaw contest in Thompson Arena. Jesse Beamish broke a 2-2 tie with a redirect
at the top of the crease as the clock above center ice showed just 7:29
remaining in regulation. The win snapped the team's three-game stretch of
one-goal defeats, turning the tables on its opponent with a one-goal victory of
its own.

WHERE WE RANKAfter falling four spots
from No. 8 to No. 12 in both national polls last week, Dartmouth once again
climbed one position to No. 11 in both when they were released Monday
afternoon. This season, the Big Green have been ranked inside the top-12 for nine
straight polls (Nov. 12), the longest consecutive stretch in program history.

TOUGH AT THOMPSONThe 3-2 win over Harvard
pushed Dartmouth's home record to 8-1-0 this season. The .868 home winning
percentage is the best in ECAC Hockey and fifth-best in the nation so far this
season. Quinnipiac's .758 figure (10-2-2) ranks second in the league. Six
regular season home games remain in 2012-13 for the Big Green.

AWAY FROM THOMPSONOutside of Hanover has been
where Dartmouth has seen some struggles, posting a 1-4-2 record. The team's
lone road win this year came at Meehan Auditorium in a 4-0 win over Brown back
on Oct. 27 in the non-conference game for the Ivy Shootout tile. Three of the
four road losses have been by just one goal, while the team has also played to
two ties.

SIKURA'S STREAKWith another assist on
Saturday, sophomore Tyler Sikura has now recorded points in eight straight
contests. He has an assist in the last four games and has not been held off the
scoresheet since a 1-1 tie at Cornell on Nov. 17. That night was the only time
in 2012-13 that Sikura has not registered a point as he began the year with a
seven-game scoring run.

LINEMATE LINDBLADLike his centerman, Matt Lindblad
is also on an eight-game scoring streak since missing a night in Ithaca. A
second-period goal tied the game at 1-1 against Harvard, giving the junior from
Winnetka, Ill., his fourth goal and 12th point in the last eight outings.

VOTE FOR HOBEYLast week saw fan
voting open up for the 2013 Hobey Baker Award, given annually to college
hockey's best player. Dartmouth has two nominees on this season's fan ballot as
both Matt Lindblad and Tyler Sikura make their first appearances.

SCOUTING YALEThe Bulldogs come into the
weekend a near mirror image of the Big Green. They sit one spot back in both
national polls at No. 12 and have a 9-4-3 overall record, while tied with the
Green and White in the ECAC Hockey standings at 5-3-1 for 11 points. The trio
of Kenny Agostino, Antoine Laganiere and Andrew Miller are the team's offensive
leaders with 21, 18 and 17 points, respectively. Of his 10 total goals in
2012-13, Laganiere has scored four against Dartmouth, netting a pair in both
contests already. This past week, Agostino, Stu Wilson and Jeff Malcolm were
tabbed as the conference Player, Rookie and Goaltender of the Week in helping
lead the team to a sweep of North Country opponents.

AGAINST THE BULLDOGS
After not having beaten Yale
in 10 tries coming into 2012-13, the Green are 1-0-1 this season against the
Bulldogs. A 2-2 tie on opening night in Providence was followed by a 7-4
victory just a week later in Hanover. The Green will try for its first season
sweep of the Elis since 2005-06 when it won both regular season meetings and
swept the quarterfinal match-up in two games. Those two victories in the
postseason mark the last time Dartmouth won consecutive games against Yale
(March 10-11, 2006).

SCOUTING BROWNTo the surprise of many
outside of Providence, the league's top goal scorer this season is sophomore
Matt Lorito with 12 in 16 games for the Bears. That figure has him tied with
Hobey Baker frontrunner Johnny Gaudreau from BC with a nation's best 0.75 goals
per game this year. Lorito also leads the team with 18 points as he has
accumulated six assists. Junior Marco DeFillippo was the No. 1 goalie coming
into the season, but a push back from senior Anthony Borelli has made it a
tandem job as the fourth-year netminder's figures are impressive (.937 save%;
1.78 GAA; 3-2-3). Brown is currently tied for ninth in the league standings
with a 1-4-4 conference mark and a record of 5-7-4 overall.

AGAINST THE BEARSUnlike the struggles seen
against Yale over the past few years, Dartmouth has seemingly had Brown's
number. In the last 11 meetings between the two, the Green own a distinct
10-0-1 advantage, including two wins this season. Dartmouth shutout the Bears,
4-0, Oct. 27 in Providence, before needing a late goal the following weekend in
Hanover to dispatch of its Ivy League foe, 2-1.

NICE ROUND NUMBER
The 2-1 home win was the 75th against
Brown in the all-time series between the two programs. The Big Green now hold a
75-63-8 advantage over the Bears.

IVY LEAGUE UPDATEThe win over Harvard pushed Dartmouth
back to the top of the Ivy League standings at 3-1-1 and seven points.
Princeton remains second with two games in hand at 3-0-0. Yale is third at 2-1,
tied with Harvard as each has four points. Brown remains winless against
Ancient Eight opponents at 0-3-0. Cornell's lone point came from a 1-1 tie in
Ithaca against the Green.

MEEHAN MANSophomore Eric Robinson has four goals
in his last three games playing at Brown's Meehan Auditorium dating back to
last season. On Feb. 18, 2011, in Brown's home finale, Robinson scored twice
before adding one in each of the two Ivy Shootout games played there in
October. In the Ivy Shootout, he scored the late game-tying goal against Yale
and the winner against Brown the following night. It's a good time for the
visit as Robinson started the season with eight goals in the first seven games,
but has not found the back of the net since Nov. 16 at Colgate, a current
stretch of nine games.

BEAMING WITH DELIGHTBeamish's goal against the
Crimson was the first game-winner of his career and just his second tally the
year. The only other marker Beamish has tallied this season came at Meehan as
he netted an empty-net goal to seal the 4-0 victory.

BLIGH BUSTS OUTIf Robinson likes scoring at
Brown, freshman Nick Bligh likes scoring in front of massive crowds at Thompson
Arena. His two goals this season have come against UNH and Harvard, the two
largest-attended home games of the season.

BARRE, BRANDON, BLIGHBligh's second of the season
was the result of nice cycling in the corner by freshman Jack Barre and
sophomore Brandon McNally. McNally made the eventual centering pass to Bligh,
who finished the play with a wrist shot inside the left post.

TAKING OVERJunior Cab Morris is making
a case every time out that he is the team's No. 1 goalie. In beating Harvard,
Morris improved to 6-2-1 this season with a .921 save percentage and a 1.98
goals-against average. His GAA ranks third in ECAC hockey as does his save%,
while his .622 winning percentage is second.

FULL HOUSEAn announced attendance of
4,138 fans were on hand to see Dartmouth defeat Harvard on Jan. 12, the
second-highest home figure of the season for the Big Green. Three times this
season, Thompson Arena has seen crowds of more than 4,000: Vermont (4,112), New
Hampshire (4,500+) and Harvard (4,381). In all three, the home team has come
out on top. Dartmouth's average attendance of 3,342 is second in ECAC Hockey.

FRIDAY NIGHTSThe Big Green are just 2-2-1
this season in Friday night contests. This weekend sees the team play it's
Friday night game at Brown, a place Dartmouth has not lost at since Feb. 8,
2008 (L, 3-2).

SATURDAY SUCCESSESThe Big Green are 5-2-1 in Saturday games this year. This weekend's second
contest will have the Green at Yale's Ingalls Rink, a venue that has not seen a
Dartmouth victory since Feb. 17, 2007 (W, 3-2), a stretch of five straight
losses.

TOUGH SLATETo date, the Big Green's
schedule has been one of the most difficult in the nation this season. The most
current RPI has Dartmouth's strength of schedule as the fourth-most difficult
in the nation, behind only Boston University, Boston College and UNH. Against the
10 teams ranked ahead of them in the RPI, the Green and White are 2-2-1.

TEAM MARKSDartmouth is currently the
third-best offensive team in the league, scoring 3.19 goals per game, while its
2.25 allowed a contest is second best. No other ECAC Hockey team is top three
in both categories.

STEADY AS SHE GOESOnce again, the Big Green
have shown a propensity for playing disciplined, staying out of the box better
than any one else in ECAC Hockey (9.7 PIMs per game), while also killing off
penalties better than nearly every other team in the country. The PK unit ranks
second in the nation with a staggering 93.2 percent success rate, trailing only
UNH, a team that surrendered a PPG to Dartmouth on Dec. 20. Against Harvard,
Dartmouth was called for just two penalties and was 2-for-2 down a man.

"LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD, PLAY
GOOD"Words echoed by senior
captain Mike Keenan as he led the team out onto the ice against Harvard
sporting the team's new third jersey. A full green shoulder yoke as well as a
solid green forearm accompany a new shoulder patch and larger lettering on the
newest sweater. The team is 1-0-0 in new uniforms this season.

SETTING UP WINNERSFreshmen Ryan Bullock and
Tim O'Brien set up the winner against the visiting Crimson, picking up assists on
Beamish's goal. Sikura has set up more game-winners than any other Dartmouth
player this season with three assists. Lindblad and Robinson each have two,
while nine players have one helper on a winning tally so far.

WHAT'S NEXT?The Big Green will be back
at home the final weekend of January to take on St. Lawrence and Clarkson on
Jan. 25-26. The Saints and Golden Knights are the only two remaining ECAC
Hockey teams the Green have yet to play this season.